SIPRI report on Defence production

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Key findings-

• As per the report, China has been placed first in self-reliant defence production.
• It has said that China dominates the ranking, reaching a self-reliance score more than two and a half times higher than Japan’s.
• The ranking was published after assessing the defence production of 12 countries, they are: Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
• Japan is second, South Korea is in third place, and Pakistan is at eighth place. 

• India has been ranked fourth among 12 countries in the Indo-Pacific.

• The research argues that despite trying to cut imports, India continues to remain dependent on foreign nations for arms needs. From 2016 to 20, it ranked as the second largest importer.

Indicators-

The study is based on three indicators-

• Arms procurement: Imports, licensed and domestic production as a proportion of the government’s total procurement of major conventional arms
• Arms industry: The research highlights the five largest arms companies in each country where data is available, and ranks them by sales of arms and military services in 2020 to both domestic and export customers

Uncrewed maritime vehicles, the sea equivalent of drones: covering both uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) and uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs), meant to provide a qualitative understanding of how countries are engaging domestic research institutes and firms to produce such cutting-edge systems.

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